{"id":132201,"date":"2024-06-05T00:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/a-note-from-andrea-30-may\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T00:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:49:15","slug":"a-note-from-andrea-30-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/a-note-from-andrea-30-may\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note from Andrea, 30 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Hi Grif-friend,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After years of dipping our toes onto Yugambeh lands and thoroughly treading sacred waters, we\u2019re lastly able to dive headlong into rehearsals for the lengthy awaited manufacturing of <strong>Ellen van Neerven<\/strong>\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swim<\/a>. <\/em>Not solely is Ellen deeply etched into Australia\u2019s literary panorama with their beautiful poetry and deep pondering, we&#8217;re very honoured to be introducing the world to Ellen\u2019s first staged play. We\u2019ve been limbering up our arms, shaking out our legs and getting out the togs to make the leap into the liquid world of <em>swim<\/em>. I do know you may be sun-kissed, heart-warmed and a bit of bit moist (are these tears in your face?) once you meet us poolside for this stunning and daring new Blak and Queer AF work<em>. <\/em>Tickets are promoting quick so snap yours up right now.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, vocal cords are vibrating and comedian wits are being sharpened as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/flat-earthers-the-musical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flat Earthers: The Musical<\/a>\u2014<\/em>in partnership with the fantastic peeps at Hayes Theatre Co\u2014prepares itself for efficiency later within the 12 months. Will it obtain a <em>spherical<\/em> of applause or are the supremely gifted forged\u2014directed by our erudite and good <strong>Declan Greene<\/strong>\u2014in peril of dropping off the sting?<em>\u00a0<\/em>Buy your tickets now to search out out.<\/p>\n<p>Back within the Griffin workplace, the Literary Department have their eyes glued on a few of the latest and hottest playwriting in Australia as we eagerly await the announcement of our subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/griffin-award-keynote-2024-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griffin Award<\/a> winner. This 12 months\u2019s award\u2014happening sizzling on the heels of <em>swim<\/em> on 28 July\u2014shall be complemented by a juicy keynote tackle by a celebrated playwright who we assure may have your minds ticking and tongues wagging. Keep your ear to the bottom for bulletins.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of bulletins, we have been over the moon to be celebrating <strong>Nicholas Brown<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0win at this 12 months&#8217;s NSW Premier&#8217;s Literary Awards, taking dwelling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au\/awards\/nick-enright-prize-playwriting\/2024-winner-sex-magick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting<\/a> for his crackerjack play <a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/sex-magick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sex Magick<\/em><\/a>. This is the third 12 months in a row {that a} Griffin manufacturing has gained this prestigious award with <strong>Kirsty Marillier<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/orange-thrower-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Orange Thrower<\/em><\/a> successful in 2022, adopted by <strong>Dylan Van Den Berg<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/whitefella-yella-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Whitefella Yella Tree<\/em><\/a> successful in 2023. This 12 months, we&#8217;re feeling very happy to have been championing such gifted and gutsy playwrights who&#8217;re writing concerning the huge stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, as we edge in the direction of the top of the Financial Year (that\u2019s Christmas for accountants) dip your arms into your pockets and <a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please take into account sending your spare dosh our means<\/a>. This little firm with an enormous coronary heart and large plans for the long run can\u2019t make and stage Australian tales\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UhPA0F8NRJ4?si=7vsKWFgyihJGjPrm\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cwritten about us, by us and for us\u201d<\/a>\u2014with out your leg up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Until subsequent time,<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Andrea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrea James<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Associate Artistic Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The put up <a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/blog\/a-note-from-andrea-30-may\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Note from Andrea, 30 May<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griffin Theatre Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Hi Grif-friend, After years of dipping our toes onto Yugambeh lands and thoroughly treading sacred waters, we\u2019re lastly able to dive headlong into rehearsals for the lengthy awaited manufacturing of Ellen van Neerven\u2019s swim. Not solely is Ellen deeply etched into Australia\u2019s literary panorama with their beautiful poetry and deep pondering, we&#8217;re very honoured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[5313,1733],"class_list":{"0":"post-132201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama","8":"tag-andrea","9":"tag-note"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}